The thing most fitness instructors won’t tell you—they spend hours putting together the ultimate playlist for each class. That's because the music helps set the tone and cadence of class, as well as (hopefully) inspires you to push it just a little bit more. How can you not give it your all when Ellie Goulding’s “Love Me Like You Do” starts playing during a tough hill climb? Well, there’s a simple way to tap into the musical muscle of your favorite fitness instructors to curate your own playlist.

We all have our favorite sneakers—that special pair that makes us get #UpNOut more than the rest. For many of us, those sneakers are Chuck Taylors—in fact, we've been living in our All Stars for 100 years. How time flies! To celebrate the milestone anniversary, Converse just launched their "Made By You" campaign. The photos show how sneakers can go from blank canvas to a portrait of their owner, based on how they're worn.

Nordstrom has taken the charity-designer partnership to a whole new level: the department store just announced a collaboration with Piece & Co. The company provides women in developing countries with steady jobs as artisans, who create textiles and accessories for big-name brands. For the collaboration, Tory Burch, Rebecca Minkoff, Alice + Olivia, Diane von Furstenberg and more will work the fabrics and items into their lines. Piece & Co. estimates each order from a brand employs between 75 and 100 women for two to three months, so this is definitely one collection you can feel good about shopping.

International Women's Day is coming (Sunday, March 8th) and there are about seven thousand ways to spend it to show your support. #HeForShe founder Emma Watson is holding a Q-&-A session about gender equality at 1 pm EST (live-streaming on Facebook), and she posted a pretty charming (and clearly unscripted) video argument for why you might want to spend the afternoon with her:

There’s good news and bad news. The good? Spring finally reveals itself this time of year. The bad? It hasn’t happened yet. So instead of wishing away the last of the cold, which doesn’t get you any closer to a poolside chaise (we’ve tried), how about creating a cozy meal with wintery vegetables instead?

We’re still talking about the #LikeAGirl commercial that aired during the Super Bowl. You know the video, the one that forces us to ask ourselves, when did it become an insult to do something, ‘like a girl?’ Well, this morning Always launched the next video in its #LikeAGirl campaign called Stronger Together.

With the promise of warmer weather a few weeks away, you may be getting ready to ramp up your mileage. But a new study published in PLOS ONE finds that certain factors can translate to a higher risk of injury.

By now you’ve probably caught on to your social media friends’ favorite way to eat a smoothie: in a bowl, with a spoon. Not only do smoothie bowls make the blended fruit a colorful base for nutritious toppings, but they’re also a smart solution for those of us (myself included) who never actually feel fully satisfied from a liquid breakfast.

A glance around your local grocery store will confirm that gluten-free eating has gone from trendy to mainstream. An estimated 30 percent of Americans say they're trying to reduce gluten in their diets—and we're pretty confident the reason has something to do with the fact that the wheat-derived protein has been blamed for everything from weight gain to weakened bones.